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Friday, January 1, 2016

Feelings About - 2016 Travels

I've traveled solo for the last two years (2014 & 2015) for 3.5 months each. As I prepared for my 2016 a Travels I wonder why I have the same uneasy feelings that come before I leave. Each year the feelings seem to start closer to the time I leave and aren't as strong. I would have figured facing my second year in the Prius I wouldn't have faced the uneasiness of leaving.

The feelings about leaving are all natural and not strong, but the feelings about leaving are stronger this year with the anticipationattending the RTR. For people considering solo traveling, having a focal point to see as a goal is important.

Long gone are the anxieties of traveling solo across the country and finding a safe place to stop for the night. If you are reading this and you are looking to travel solo too keep in mind that the feelings of being pulled forward and the uneasiness of leaving are natural.

It's important to note that once I drove away I knew the adventure had begun. There are always lots of unknowns that may or not become reality. Overcoming any fears you have to leave are quickly replaced on the road by the adventures you create.

If traveling is something you are considering you need to be comfortable with yourself. Accept that things will happen and you will get through them. I recommend focusing on the good and not the problems that come up. Your trip will be so much more enjoyable. Your planning should include online reading of the many before you that have done the work on their vehicles and how they cope on the road.

On the road we seem to be a group of people just like in any town. We have different personalities and some few people you meet may become friends, many become acquaintances. Most do their own thing and some travel in very small groups. This is why you need to be good living with yourself as this is how you spend most of your time.

I also enjoy writing about my travels and this gives me a focus and purposeful travels. This conbined with my work teaching as an adjunct professor keep me plenty busy. The other main occupier of my time is the daily routine that we have as individuals.

My travel suggestion is to look for the good in all that you do and see. Just like enjoying the sunset above.

About Me

I retired from as
Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director for the Town of Westminster in
2014.Growing up I became an on-call
firefighter and continued in the Fire Department while I kept a full-time
career in high tech, eventually becoming the full-time Fire Chief in 1998, with
the downturn in the tech sector.

I have been
fortunate to have had many wonderful experiences working in the private sector
before my full-time employment before becoming Fire Chief/EMD. This
included being an Electronic Technician, and Manufacturing engineer for Bowmar/ALI,
Inc. Leominster/Acton MA, National Service Manager for Bruel and Kjaer
Instruments, Inc., Marlborough, MA, and Engineering Coordinator,
Manufacturing Project Manager, Group Manager, and Program Manager for Digital
Equipment Corporation/Compaq Computer Corporation, various locations in MA&
NH.

I continue to
teach Fire Science Degree Programs at Mount Wachusett Community College,
Gardner, MA, where I have been an Adjunct Professor since 2000.

I have received
degrees at the following institutions:

Lesley College; Masters of
Science in Management, January 1984

Fitchburg State College; Bachelor of Science in History, June 1979

Mount
Wachusett Community College; Associate in Electronic Engineering, June 1977.